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BROOKS RODRIGUEZ, Mireya; ACOSTA ELIZASTIGUI, Tania  y  TABOADA CRUZ, Martha. Prevalence of bronchial asthma in a pediatric population. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2014, vol.86, n.4, pp.470-478. ISSN 0034-7531.

Introduction: the prevalence of bronchial asthma at the primary health care and the most incidental factors help to treat this disease in the pediatric population. Objective: to determine the prevalence of bronchial asthma in the infant population of 10 de Octubre municipality. Methods: a descriptive population-wide study was conducted to determine the prevalence of bronchial asthma in the pediatric population of "10 de Octubre" municipality on the basis of identified cases. The sampling frame was those patients aged 0 to 19 years who were attended to by eight polyclinics in the municipality. Age group and sex distribution in the study population, specifying those classified as asthmatics, was applied. Results: the health area with the highest number of classified patients was "Raul Gomez Garcia" polyclinics accounting for 20.4 %. The most affected age group was 15 to 19 years with 33.7 % (late adolescence). Prevalence of bronchial asthma at infant age was 15.9 % in the municipality. Conclusions: the 15-19 years old age group proved to be the most representative, with the highest number of asthma patients, a condition that might increase risks in the follow-up of the disease. The prevalence that was determined in 10 de Octubre municipality correlated with the national and international standards of asthma prevalence.

Palabras clave : bronchial asthma; classification; adolescence.

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